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Leggings are a type of tight, opaque pants that are most commonly worn by women.. Leggings scarcely need a definition for those who live in the western world.
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Leggings offer comfort and warmth for outdoor workouts.
Leggings can be short or reach the ankles.
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Leggings are a versatile piece of anybody's wardrobe, but not everyone understands how to wear them properly. Leggings are believed by many to be meant to be worn as part of a layered outfit.
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Don't wear leggings that are too tight or too loose.
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Leggings are elastic, tight-fitting pants that tightly cover your legs. They were originally worn by acrobats and dancers. On the other hand, yoga pants are flexible, flared pants.
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Saving Tricks From Famous People Sitting On Millions
These smart tips can help you grow your wealth.
By Laura Woods November 19, 2020 Savings Accounts 101
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The rich and famous are known for their lavish lifestyles, but some are more money-minded than you might think. Instead of buying couture, they're shopping at thrift stores and clipping coupons just like you.
While these celebrities might indulge in certain areas, they maintain a balanced budget by cutting back in other areas. Learn saving lessons from famous millionaires — and billionaires — who know how to hold onto a fortune.
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One of the richest people in the world, Warren Buffett is committed to helping parents raise financially responsible children. In commentary published on CNBC.com, he shared what he considers the biggest mistake parents make when teaching their kids about money.
"I think parents need to start teaching kids about the importance of managing money at an early age," Buffett said. "Sometimes parents wait until their kids are in their teens before they start talking about managing money when they could be starting when their kids are in preschool."
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Former "Real Housewives of New York City" star and Skinnygirl mogul Bethenny Frankel is a true rags-to-riches story. In 2019, the entrepreneur opened up to InStyle about finding success with her self-made brand.
"It's easy to have money, spend, and save," Frankel said. "But you have to save a lot more money than you think to make a real dent and have security."
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In June 2020, personal financial expert Suze Orman was a guest on the Pivot podcast with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway to discuss the personal financial crisis many Americans are facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She emphasized her belief that everyone needs an emergency fund that covers eight months of living expenses.
"This is the main lesson that I hope everybody has learned from what we've all just been through," she said. "Eight months — so that at times like this, if you lose your job, you don't have income, nothing's coming in anymore, you can still pay your bills and you don't have to freak out."
As part of its "Money Diaries" series, Jon Hamm talked to Wealthsimple Magazine about how he maintains a clear perspective on money. He explained that while he's "never been driven by money," he understands how difficult it can be to struggle financially.
"To me, the main reason to have money is to remove the hindrances that accompany being broke," Hamm said. "Once those hindrances are out of the way, it doesn't matter if you have a ton of money or just a comfortable amount."
She's best known as Kelly Taylor on "Beverly Hills, 90210," but in real life, Jennie Garth is a refreshingly normal, hands-on homeowner. In a blog post titled "Financial Lessons From My Father," written for RetailMeNot, she explained why she adopted her dad's motto "Why pay someone to fix it, when you can do it yourself?"
"My realtor once walked in on me standing on a table, rewiring a light fixture, and I thought his jaw was about to hit the floor," she said. "But why on earth would I hire somebody to do that, when I can match wires with the best of any electrician? Toilet clogged? No problem. Sink leaking? Give me a wrench!"
In a post on his blog titled "How to Get Rich," Cuban offered several tips to help readers increase their net worth.
"Save your money," he said. "Save as much money as you possibly can. Every penny you can. Instead of coffee, drink water. Instead of going to McDonald's, eat Mac and Cheese."
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During an appearance on "Conan," Mila Kunis shared a story about shopping for wedding bands, before marrying husband Ashton Kutcher. While she could've afforded any band she wanted, she was horrified by the prices at Tiffany and Co., so she bought their rings on Etsy.
"I was like, 'They're how much? This is astronomical,'" the actress said. "So, I went on Etsy and I was like, '$90?' I was like, 'Buy now!' Ashton's was $100, so technically his wedding band was a little bit more expensive."
She's known for her lavish taste in well, everything, but "Vanderpump Rules" boss Lisa Vanderpump told InStyle she doesn't use credit.
"I don't even have a credit card. I have a debit card, and it comes out of my account," she said. "Because if I had a credit card, I would never pay the bills. I just wouldn't remember."
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She might be an A-lister, but that hasn't caused Kristen Bell to forget the value of a dollar. The actress told InStyle she enjoys saving money by shopping secondhand for herself and her children.
"I have to be honest — I don't splurge a lot on my kids, because they're kids and they ruin everything," she said. "I buy a ton of their clothes secondhand."
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Girlboss founder and CEO Sophia Amoruso talked to Mint Life about money and offered tips she's learned throughout her financial journey. She noted the importance of having a clear understanding of your finances in order to make the best decisions for your future.
"My heart rate drops when I know how much I can spend, how much I'm saving, and am being frugal with the occasional splurge," Amoruso said. "Minimizing the emotional roller coaster that money concerns can create is important, freeing up our headspace to think about more energizing and creative opportunities and outlets in our lives."
Anything but living paycheck-to-paycheck, Jay Leno told CNBC he had two jobs his entire career, so he could live off one paycheck and save the other. He also noted that he always saved the larger paycheck.
"When I got 'The Tonight Show,' I always made sure I did 150 [comedy show] gigs a year so I never had to touch the principal," Leno said. "I've never touched a dime of my 'Tonight Show' money. Ever."
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In 2017, Tiffany Haddish went on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and described her experience taking Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith on a swamp tour using a Groupon. The story quickly went viral, and Haddish was subsequently hired as a Groupon spokesperson.
"I'm in the 1% of Groupon users," she told People. "I've been using it for 6 years. I tell everybody about Groupon all the time. I do everything with Groupon!"
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Net worth: $200 million (combined net worth with Matthew Broderick)
Unlike Carrie Bradshaw, Sarah Jessica Parker is a firm believer in hand-me-downs. In 2018, she released the second part of her kids collection with Gap, which she told The Hollywood Reporter was inspired by the tradition of family heirlooms.
"This idea of hand-me-downs and sharing and passing on is what I grew up with as one of eight, and it's what I do as a sibling now. There's 13 nieces and nephews and we spend a huge amount of time passing around bins of clothes," Parker said. "My mother saved everything I wore as a child, so my daughters wear my hand-me-downs."
She can afford extravagant shopping sprees, but Shailene Woodley prefers to spend wisely. The actress told InStyle she saves a lot of money by being mindful of her spending habits.
"I'm one of the most frugal people you'll ever meet," she said. "I try not to buy anything I don't need. I'll wait two years to find the perfect lamp for my house or five years to find that special tea cup."
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She's built a massive net worth, but "Shark Tank" star Barbara Corcoran told Money she's actually terrible at saving. Knowing this, she decided to delegate her money management to a trusted advisor.
"I found a business partner who was excellent at [finance] and I made her my 10% partner," Corcoran said. "Thank God for Esther [Kaplan], or I would have spent every dime that came in."
These days, "Selling Sunset" star Chriselle Stause has plenty of money, but she was homeless several times as a child. Still budget savvy, she told Page Six she reuses eye makeup remover pads and once tweeted that she scrapes lipstick out of the bottom of the tube with her nail.
"Anyone else used to be really poor but aren't anymore & still catch yourself being super cheap?" she tweeted. "I just realized you can't take a bath bomb out halfway through 'bombing?' to use the other half later. It is MESSY. Need to cut it in pieces next time."
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She always looks chic, but Tiffani Thiessen doesn't spend a fortune on fashion. In an interview with The Krazy Coupon Lady, the "Saved by the Bell" alum revealed some of her money saving strategies.
"There are so many great blogs out there that literally show you how to live well on a budget!" Thiessen said. "They show you how to look amazing without spending a lot of money doing it."
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DISH co-founder and chairman Charlie Ergen isn't your average billionaire. In an interview with the Financial Times, he revealed that he packs a lunch for work — a sandwich and Gatorade — and even followed the company policy of sharing hotel rooms for work travel until recent years.
"My mom grew up in the Depression," he said. "I don't have a mahogany desk."
Net worth: $30 million (combined net worth with Freddie Prinze, Jr.)
In an interview with Self, Sarah Michelle Gellar said she and husband Freddie Prinze Jr. buy high-quality food, but don't pay top-dollar for it.
"We shop at Whole Foods, but we ask which fish is on sale," Gellar said. "On sale doesn't mean it's bad! It probably just means it's overcaught. And I clip coupons all the time. Why should you pay more for something that someone else is paying less for?"
He's known for his over-the-top personality, but "Queer Eye" star Jonathan Van Ness also knows how to budget. He told InStyle he saves money by keeping dining out to a minimum.
"Cooking at home is a major way to saving money," he said. "I love having, like, a little beer or a little drink here and there, but alcohol is so expensive when you eat out at a restaurant and go out. So, I think limiting eating out and drinking is a great way to kind of limit splurges."
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Net worths were sourced from Celebrity Net Worth and are accurate as of Aug. 21, 2020.
Laura Woods is a freelance writer with more than 10 years of experience. She specializes in a variety of topics, including marketing, personal finance, entertainment and lifestyle.
Her work has been featured on dozens of sites, including HuffPost, CNBC, Business Insider, Nasdaq, MSN, Yahoo, Fortune, Inc., Entrepreneur and POPSUGAR. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the University of Pittsburgh and an MBA from Robert Morris University.
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Hi Luca, we're currently in the third year of running the scheme, so I don't have examples to draw on for you for 5 years! However, where you want to be will depend very much on where you want to go. The purpose of the scheme is to develop future leaders for Direct Line Group who are flexible and able to respond to the changes in our business and our industry. So, DLG is proactively developing the leaders that we will need in the future. If you look at the insurance industry there's a lot of changing needs and demands that we will need to respond to, such as driverless cars and connected home technology. This means that we will need people to be able to lead our business and adapt effectively to these changes to make sure we can create the right solutions for our customers, and keep DLG competitive in a rapidly changing world.
However, I would say that this is a generalist future leaders scheme. That means that there isn't really a one size fits all for where people should be five years down the line that I can give you, as what each graduate wants for their career path can be very different. Also, each grad will be on their own development pathway, so you might be an excellent leader at some things, but need more work on others. For example, you could be confident in 1 on 1 situations but need more development on leading large groups – or the complete opposite!
Although we don't have a strict prescription for where people should be five years down the line, that means that you will be able to take an active role in shaping where you would like to be in five years. The real advantage of this is that the graduate scheme is always learning and improving the experience, and it means that you can shape your career and work to get out what you want from the scheme. You can progress your career according to the journey you want, and where you would like to end up.
The graduate scheme is designed to develop you to be the kind of future leader that DLG needs. So, during the three years of the graduate scheme you will get a rounded understanding of how our business works, during different placements that help you to grow. I've gone from being in HR to working with Claims and our network of repair centres, which has given me a different perspective on how HR works as I can see some more about how different parts of DLG operate. You'll also have insight into the front line during your call centre placement, which will give you an understanding of how we interact with our customers. These aren't standard experiences in the business, which will put you in a good position to drive your career and to understand some of the differences in our business. You will also get soft skills development through workshops and support for your development in different placements which also put you in a good place for your future career development.
No problem at all, and best of luck with your application!
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State and local policymakers need to not only evaluate how they are currently spending their state public safety dollars, but also assess how they are spending federal public safety dollars. To ensure that federal funding has the maximum impact on public safety, state and local governments need to identify gaps in funding after reinvesting state dollars to determine how federal dollars can be used to address them.
Further, both state and local leaders can work to leverage these federal resources to drive innovation in law enforcement, behavioral health care, victims' services, and criminal justice. Federal programs can provide funding support and technical assistance to help states pilot new approaches and adopt evidence-based practices based on the latest research.
Analyze current spending on public safety priorities and identify any gaps in funding.
Assess how federal funds are currently spent to determine whether funding is directed to public safety priorities.
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What federal resources does your jurisdiction currently receive and how are they being allocated?
Do state and local governments collaboratively identify public safety priorities?
Are there federal efforts that can provide funding and/or technical assistance to help address the state's biggest public safety challenges and drive innovation?
How can federal funding opportunities support local governments in addressing their most pressing public safety issues?
Federal funding can help supplement state budget allocations for public safety priorities and help pilot innovative programs, reduce recidivism, and advance justice.
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) disburses public safety grants primarily through three agencies: The Office of Justice Programs (OJP), the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), and the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), and each has a website that can help interested parties identify potential funding opportunities.
The DOJ Program Plan website identifies current funding opportunities, when they are available, and total available funding amounts.
The OJP Program Plan Initiatives website allows users to search for criminal justice and juvenile justice initiatives offered by OJP bureaus and program offices based on subject matter, applicant eligibility, and program plan. OJP also administers the Office of Victims of Crime (OVC), which oversees a variety of grants to help victims and victim services providers, including funding for victim compensation, assistance, and notification.
The COPS Office awards grants to hire community policing professionals, develop and test innovative policing strategies, and provide training and technical assistance to community members, local government leaders, and all levels of law enforcement.
The OVW administers grant programs to help provide victims with the protection and services they need to pursue safe and healthy lives, while simultaneously enabling communities to hold people accountable.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) offers grants and funding that support programs related to criminal justice.
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Since 1984, the federal government has provided Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) formula funding to each state's administering agency (SAA) to determine how best to meet the needs of crime victims. Millions of dollars in state and federal funding are distributed by states to nonprofit organizations, local governments, colleges and universities, hospitals, and other entities to serve hundreds of thousands of victims each year.
The amount of federal funds available to states through VOCA has grown exponentially since FY2015 due to increases in the Crime Victims Fund, the congressional fund from which VOCA originates. In FY2018, the maximum amount of funding available for distribution from the Crime Victims Fund is $4.4 billion. A funding formula determines the amount of money distributed from the Crime Victims Fund to various programs, including the VOCA Assistance and Compensation Formula Grant Programs. The VOCA Assistance Formula Grant Program provides funding to jurisdictions based on population, while the VOCA Compensation Formula Grant Program is based on the amount of state contributions into the compensation program. As such, state victim assistance programs received a significant increase in funding in recent years as the amount of money available for distribution from the Crime Victims Fund increased, while compensation programs largely did not benefit without an increase in state funding.
Direct assistance to crime victims funded through the VOCA Assistance Formula Grant Program includes crisis counseling, telephone and onsite information and referrals, criminal justice support and advocacy, shelter, therapy, and additional assistance. Funds may also be used to develop new programs that address emerging needs, gaps in services, and training of victim service advocates.
The VOCA Compensation Formula Grant Program provides funding to supplement state compensation programs that provide financial assistance and reimbursement to victims for some of their expenses that result from a crime, including medical and dental care, counseling, funeral and burial expenses, and lost wages and income. Compensation programs may also reimburse victims for other types of expenses related to their victimization, such as travel, temporary lodging, crime scene cleanup, and dependent care.
For additional information, see the Office of Victims of Crime Grants and Funding.
VOCA victim assistance funding has more than quadrupled in recent years, allowing states to fund more victim service organizations and provide more subgrants to those organizations.
Federal funding for each state's victim compensation program has varied greatly in recent years.
The federal "Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018" establishes the cap on the Crime Victims Fund in FY2018 at $4.436 billion, the highest level ever.
In 2017, the Ilinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA), which oversees federal and state assistance programs, completed a statewide assessment of victim services in Illinois that included analyzing crime and victimization data and surveying victims and victim service providers. Based on that assessment, the Illinois Ad Hoc Victim Services Committee identified crime victim needs, service gaps, and capacity limits of victim service providers in the state. The committee then identified 12 funding priorities to address those needs, gaps, and capacity issues that will guide public notices for competitive grants and statewide funding decisions for the next three years.
In 2018, ICJIA announced a funding opportunity that addresses several key funding priorities related to services for underserved groups, the need for longer-term mental health services, and the importance of trauma-informed and trauma-focused services and programs. Applicants could request up to $1.1 million in federal funding to serve historically underserved or marginalized victims of violent crime and their families through trauma recovery centers. The grants use a portion of Illinois's share of federal Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funds to support application of the evidence-based trauma recovery center model, which provides coordinated clinical and case management services for adult and/or minor victims of violent crime and their families who typically do not access services due to individual and cultural barriers.
 Jaclyn Houston-Kolnik et al., Ad Hoc Victim Services Committee Research Report, (Chicago, IL: Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, 2017).
 Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, "Uniform Notice of Funding Opportunity, Victims of Crime Act: Trauma Recovery Centers" (Chicago, IL: Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, 2017).
Every state operates a crime victim compensation program to help cover expenses and losses resulting from violent crimes or abuse. Eligibility requirements vary slightly by jurisdiction, but in most cases, victims must promptly report the crime and file a claim and cooperate with law enforcement and prosecutors. Any expenses not covered by compensation may be covered by restitution. Victims cannot receive restitution and compensation for the same damages.
States typically fund crime victim compensation programs through fines and fees collected from people convicted of crimes and people who receive traffic violations. Some states allocate general state funds to the compensation program as well. The VOCA Compensation Formula Grant Program uses a 60-percent match calculation to determine a state's award. Federal VOCA formula awards to state compensation programs often fluctuate as state spending changes.
Beginning in 2017, CSG Justice Center staff analyzed data showing that the availability of Crime Victim Compensation benefits for family members of homicide victims in Iowa were not uniform. In 2018, the state enacted legislation to update statutory language to ensure that family members of homicide victims would be treated equally.
Beginning in 2017, CSG Justice Center staff assessed Michigan's victim compensation program data and compared compensation statutory language with neighboring states to identify gaps in the state's current compensation program. The CSG Justice Center produced a report that highlighted opportunities to improve Michigan's Crime Victim Compensation Program in three areas: expansion of eligibility requirements to allow more victims to apply for compensation; expansion and improvement of existing benefits to meet the evolving and complex needs of victims; and options to make the program more accessible through collaboration and technology. In 2018, Michigan is considering draft legislation to update victim compensation statutory language and provide more resources to crime victims.
In Missouri, onerous requirements to receive victim compensation effectively restrict access to compensation benefits for those who need it most. In FY2014, applications for victim compensation were filed for fewer than 5 percent of violent crimes committed that year, and 40 percent of those claims were denied reimbursement for administrative reasons. The state passed legislation in 2018 to expand eligibility requirements to include more victims of violent crime; enhance existing benefits to meet the growing needs of victims who have already received all other public benefits to which they are entitled; and address barriers, including replacing cumbersome and antiquated application and communication processes with modern technologies, such as allowing electronic submission of applications.
 Email correspondence between CSG Justice Center and Missouri Department of Public Safety, October 17, 2017.


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Uncover the tragedies of Cambodia in Phnom Penh.
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Hire a bike for a ride in the Cambodian countryside.
Welcome to Phnom Penh, Cambodia's vibrant and bustling capital city. Upon arrival, enjoy your free time to rest and freshen up before driving to the dock to catch an evening boat cruise along the Mekong River.
Today, spend full day learning about the Khmer Rouge by visiting the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Choeung Ek "Killing Fields", Russian Market, the National Museum and the Royal Palace, home to the royal family and the opulent silver pagoda.
Journey to Cambodia's second largest city, Battambang. Stop en route at Kampong Chhnang to visit the floating village. After arrival, enjoy an orientation walking tour through the city's bustling boulevards lined with quaint French colonial buildings, some of Battambang's signature hilltop temples as well as the infamous cave, Phnom Sampov.
Today you will drive to Siem Reap, the provincial capital and gateway to the ancient Angkor Temples. Arrive at Siem in the late afternoon, visit the magnificence of Angkor Wat, the largest Khmer temple and finest example of Angkorian art and architecture.
This morning, discover Angkor Thom's imposing South Gate, topped with the four serenely smiling faces of Avalokiteshvara, Bayon temple, the Elephant Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King. Continue visiting Preah Khan temple before heading to the mystical, jungle-entwined Ta Prohm temple. Afterward, drive to Banteay Srei temple, the birthplace of classical Khmer architecture. Conclude the day by exploring Banteay Samre before returning to Siem Reap in the late afternoon.
Discover Chres Village and the floating villages on Tonle Sap Lake in the morning. Then journey to Komong Phluk floating village – a must see on Tonle Sap Lake. Board a boat and visit the floating village before heading to the nearby flooded mangrove forests. Complete the day by enjoying a cooking class on traditional Khmer cuisine.
Accommodation: Home stay at Chres Village.
After breakfast, explore the long abandoned temples, Chok Gargyar. Afterward, drive back to Siem Reap, stopping en route to visit the remote and jungle-covered Beng Mealea temple.
Enjoy your breakfast and then set out on a drive to Kampong Thom, home to Cambodia's most impressive group of pre-Angkorian monuments. Spend time visit the ancient temple complex, Sambor Prei Kuk. In the afternoon, return to the town of Kampong Thom and proceed to Paray Village for dinner.
Accommodation: Home stay at Paray Village.
Today we travel to Kratie, a vibrant riverside town and home to the endangered freshwater Irrawaddy dolphins. Stop for breakfast at a local restaurant and then continue on to tour to the Cham Ka Lour rubber plantation, before crossing the Mekong River by ferry at Stung Treng of Kampong Cham. Arrive in Kratie in the afternoon and check-in at your hotel. Then drive north of town and take a local boat to view the freshwater dolphins that inhabit this stretch of the Mekong. Enjoy an hour on the river, before returning to the quaint French colonial town for the evening. Finish your 9th day tour of Grand Cambodia Vacation.
Today we travel to Cambodia's eastern province, Mondulkiri. With rolling grassy hills, pine growths and rainforests, this sparsely populated province is like nowhere else in Cambodia. Mondulkiri is also home to the majority of country's tribal minorities, including the Cham and Pnong peoples. Arrive in Sen Monorom, the region's capital in the late afternoon. Check in at hotel and enjoy the evening discovering this small, quirky town the base from which to explore the surroundings hill tribe villages and cascading waterfalls.
Wake early and visit the local market frequented by the Pnong people, traveling from the nearby villages to buy and sell their wares. Next we journey to some of the surrounding hill tribe villages. There are hundreds of minority villages around Sen Monorom. One of the largest and easiest to access is the Phlung village inhabited by Phnong chunchiets, where their curious huts have woven, wooden walls and thatched roofs that slope almost to the floor. You will be lucky to see more than a handful of people during daytime, as most are out working in the fields. Later in the afternoon, explore the jungle astride an elephant, guided by the experienced Phnong mahouts, then stop to visit some of the region's beautiful waterfalls.
After breakfast, we leave Mondulkiri for Kampong Cham, where we will stop to visit the Wat Nokor Pagoda. This 11th century Mahayana Buddhist shrine is home to a large reclining Buddha as well as many carved Buddha images. In the afternoon we continue on to Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh. Upon arrival, check in at the hotel then enjoy the rest of the evening at your leisure. Finish your 13th day tour of Grand Cambodia Vacation.
After breakfast, we travel with our English-speaking guide to Sihanouk Ville (226km with 3-hour drive). Sihanoukville's white-sand beaches are some of the most pristine in all of Southeast Asia. 10 km of beach stretches the whole length of the town and with dozens of small islands just a short boat ride away, Sihanoukville makes for the perfect tropical getaway – complete with facilities for swimming, snorkeling and scuba diving. Upon arrival our guide and driver will help you check in at the hotel then leave you free to enjoy the afternoon at your leisure. Soak up the sun as you lounge on the beach or enjoy swimming and snorkeling in the warm waters of the Gulf of Thailand.
You are free at your own leisure.
Enjoy a free morning to relax on the beach before traveling to Phnom Penh by private car. Check in at the hotel then enjoy a last night to explore this colorful capital.
Today, you are transferred to airport via your schedule flight and farewell to Cambodia. We hope you enjoyed your time in Cambodia and will be leaving this country with endless amounts of stories memories a captivating pictures of the entire vacation. End your trip organized by Far East Vacation.
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English speaking tour guide (other language upon request).
Cambodia Visa (US$ 20 per person for single entry).
Surcharge for compulsory Gala Dinner during festive seasons (Christmas, New Year,…).
Peak seasons surcharge which will be advised at time of booking.
Beverage in meals and personal fees which do not include in the itinerary (laundry, international/domestic telephone call).
Extra costs or missing tour caused by flight delay or cancel.


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Trump presidency expected to help housing, even if interest rates rise, analysts say
By Paul Owers
Sun Sentinel |
South Florida's real estate market stands to benefit if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on campaign promises to reduce taxes, increase jobs and spend money to rebuild roads and bridges, industry leaders say.
Trump's proposals likely would strengthen the economy, providing a lift for housing and construction — but watch out for interest rates, which have been expected to inch higher no matter who was voted into the White House, according to local analysts, builders, economists, lenders and real estate agents.
"If [Trump's plan] is really happening, it will all be a boost for the economy," said Eli Beracha, a professor of real estate investment at Florida International University in Miami. "When you are spending money over a short period of time, especially for a good purpose, then it makes the economy more efficient. When you see that, it's prosperity."
Ben Solomon, president of the Builders Association of South Florida, is counting on "responsible" government deregulation under Trump that would trickle down to South Florida builders, allowing them to move more quickly to obtain necessary permits for projects.
"First of all, he's a builder," Solomon said of Trump. "The building industry is top of mind for him. I'm optimistic."
However, some real estate analysts think historically low interest rates will rise during the Trump presidency, affecting home sales and prices. Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton would have faced the same reality because interest rates were due to climb after being so low for eight years, analysts say.
Jim Flood, regional manager for Supreme Lending in Plantation, said robust job growth in recent months likely will prompt the Federal Reserve to raise rates when it meets in mid-December.
"Certainly, that's not going to help more [home] loans take place," Flood said. "But people are going to have to get used to the concept that 4 1/8 or 4 1/4 [percent] is OK. Anything below 5 percent is still a great opportunity for buying a home."
Ken Johnson, a professor and real estate economist at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, said an increase in rates would make homebuying less attractive and serve to soften demand while at the same time fueling concerns about affordability.
Over the past four years, prices have risen steadily as the market has recovered from a historic meltdown.
In September, the median price for an existing, single-family home in Palm Beach County was $316,000, 41 percent higher than in September 2012, the year the market started to recover, local Realtor data show. Broward County's median of $325,000 was up 58 percent over September 2012, while Miami-Dade's median soared 66 percent to $314,500.
Interest rates of below 4 percent have kept many buyers from feeling the sting of those price increases, analysts say.
However, if interest rates were to rise from 4 to 5 percent, the interest portion of a typical monthly mortgage payment would jump by about 25 percent, FAU's Johnson said.
"That's devastating to someone on the edge of qualifying to buy," he said. "That would make it very hard for firefighters, teachers, mail carriers to afford homes."
Howard Elfman, president of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Realtors, agrees that higher interest rates could price more first-time buyers out of the market and keep them as renters. Still, Elfman said he's not concerned about a dramatic pullback in housing.
"It's not going to kill the market," he said. "It'll just make it tighter."
Foreign investment has played a large role in South Florida's housing recovery, but some analysts say Trump's stance on immigration may deter foreign investors from buying in the United States. A strengthening U.S. dollar also could discourage buyers from other countries by making real estate here more expensive.
Still, Sean Snaith, an economist at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, doesn't expect foreign investment to drop sharply.
Snaith thinks profit potential — not campaign rhetoric -— will carry the most weight among foreign investors.
"Strong economic growth, in the long run, will cause the value of their investments to go up," Snaith said.
On the other hand, Jack McCabe, a Deerfield Beach housing consultant, is predicting a U.S. recession in 2017. And the outcome of the election has done nothing to change his opinion.
McCabe points out that the tricounty housing market already is slowing down, as price increases shrink and buyers lose the urgency they once had.
The softening is part of an inevitable real estate cycle that would have continued even if Clinton had won the election, McCabe said.
"Most of the real estate community is hopeful and cautiously optimistic that Trump's economic plan will have benefits for our marketplace," McCabe said. "But the truth is, it depends on global economics.
"In the next couple of years — Trump or no Trump, Clinton or no Clinton — there's nothing they can do quickly to influence the global economics of South Florida real estate."
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Dr Tianfang Wang - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Dr Tianfang Wang
Senior Lecturer, Chemical Sciences
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Dr Wang was awarded his PhD in physical chemistry from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2008. He then moved to Australia, and undertook postdoctoral research at the University of Adelaide, where he had been exploring the use of negative ion electrospray mass spectrometry in conjunction of theoretical chemistry (both quantum mechanics and molecular dynamics) to study the ion chemistry of peptides and small organic molecules in gas phase.
Dr Wang joined USC in 2012 to continue his research in the areas of peptide chemistry, mass spectrometry and functional proteomics. One of his ongoing interests is to identify and characterise aqueous pheromones and host-defence bioactive peptides from different model animals. He has been working on model fish, Tilapia, and the project aims to discover the peptides responsible for primordial germ cell migration. He has contributed to uncovering possible biofunctional peptide hormones in land snails using a peptidomics approach and designing peptides-based inhibitors of these pheromones/receptors. Dr Wang has made a significant dent in establishing the proteome of marine sponge, Amphimedon queenslandica, and has identified several peptides showing significant biological activities.
Dr Wang has been seeking to uncover potential alarm peptide kairomones of the giant triton snail, which is the major predator of crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS); the outcome of this project could unveil the chemical communication between COTS and the triton, to help develop controlling method for COTS in Great Barrier Reef. Under the umbrella of the genome project of Biomphalaria glabrata (the major intermediate host of parasite Schistosoma mansoni), Dr Wang has contributed to deciphering the chemical communication between the parasites and host snail, that the parasites are attracted to certain components of snail mucus, and am seeking to reveal the structures of these molecules using peptidomic techniques. He has also been using proteomic methods to help elucidate key peptide/protein pheromones in animals with aquaculture significance.
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Sialis japonica est une espèce de mégaloptères de la famille des Sialidae.

Systématique
Cette espèce a été décrite en 1909 par .

Une étude scientifique par  et Hidehiro Hoshiba a été effectuée sur des larves de Sialis japonica et de Sialis yamatoensis.

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They may not look it but this year the 1st St Margarets Scout Group is 100 years old. It all kicked off on Monday 24th November 1919 when a local man, Mr Arthur William Laurence, came to the conclusion that the only thing St Margarets needed to turn it into an earthly paradise- all the other necessary attributes being in place - was a Scout Troop, so he started one. He cunningly called it the "1st St Margarets" and himself, being the leader, "Skipper" The story has it that the first meetings were held under a gaslight on a street corner.
By 1920 the district was in the grip of 'Scoutitis' Scout groups were springing up like mushrooms from Whitton to Hounslow encouraged no doubt by the arrival of 5000 Scouts from all over the world who were camping on the Old Deer Park as part of the 1st World Scout Jamboree. The 'Rich and Twick' was euphoric.
"A great camp - a remarkable demonstration of what is possible in the way of training boys in civics".
The paper even carried an advertisement for "Scoutees" boots - designed for scouting and schoolwear. Like the Scouts themselves they were 'solid, serviceable and all-weather'.
By then the fledgling 1st St Margarets Troop found themselves settled in a room over Shipman's Garage behind St Margarets Hotel. Encouraged by "Scoutitis" Skipper Laurence started a Wolf Cub Pack for younger lads. It was an instant success with droves of snotty nosed boys queuing up to learn the mysterious "dyb, dyb, dyb - dob, dob, dob" chant that opened Pack meeting in those days.1 In 1936 Shipman's Garage was sold and the 1st St Margarets moved to Ballards Removals in Crown Road with their new leader Monty Garrett who was later to become Mayor of Twickenham.
During the war the Scouts held their meetings in Twickenham Film Studios. By then the group had grown to include Wolf Cubs, Scouts, Senior Scouts and Rovers. Sadly during the war two Scout Leaders from the group, "Polly" Parrott and Ted Chance, were killed in action. They are still remembered today with a commemorative plaque on the shaft of the Troop Flag.
After the war the 1st St Margarets met up in a number of different locations. In 1957/58 the Senior Scout Section met in the White House in Marble Hill Park. The fact that their leader, Ken Freeman, was the son of Bill Freeman, the head keeper at Marble Hill may have had something to do with that nice arrangement. Other sections of the group made do with the garden of the Rising Sun pub in East Twickenham, the Orleans Secondary Modern School and more recently in the old Mission Hall at St Stephens School where the group is still based today.
100 years on the 1st St Margarets thrive, doing what they have always done - camping, learning new life skills, earning badges, looking for leaders and having fun doing it. So if you happen to see a 1st St Margarets Beaver, Cub or Scout in the street, take a moment and wish them a very "Happy Birthday". They may not know it yet, but this year they're 100 years old!
Are you planning a celebration for those who have been members over the years?
The 1st St Margarets Group are planning a centenary celebration for members past and present - but when and where is yet to be fixed. The word will go out nearer the time.


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US Gas Is Artificially Cheap: What We Don't Pay for at the Pump
Sarah Terry-Cobo
California has some of the dirtiest air in the nation. Consequently, it has some of the strictest rules for gasoline, meaning it burns cleaner than it does in many other states. But cleaner fuels are more expensive.
Clean air requirements, combined with supply and refining constraints, make the price of California gas consistently among the highest in the nation. Turmoil in the Middle East is another factor that pushes up the global price of crude oil. Even though the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas in California fluctuates around $4, some experts argue that $4 a gallon is much less than the real cost.
Watch an animated video, produced by the Center for Investigative Reporting, that explores the "external costs" of gas consumption–including the price of pollution and health problems caused by it:
Compared with other industrialized countries, the US has it cheap. The Economist notes that American consumers pay about half of what Europeans pay, which is up to about $8.50 per gallon (or $2.25 per liter). The media website Good has a nifty chart showing the disparity in prices across the Atlantic, and PBS' NewsHour explains the effect Middle East turmoil has on the retail price of gas. While politicians on both sides of the aisle bicker about why gas is expensive, US Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., is one who explains the real reasons, and as Grist reporter David Roberts notes, he is lonely in doing so.
Even though reducing toxic chemicals in gasoline might make it more expensive, the Environmental Protection Agency argues that clean air provides long-term cost benefits. A recent study of the Clean Air Act showed "the public health and environmental benefits … exceed their costs by a margin of four to one."
From 1990 to 2010, these regulations have prevented "23,000 Americans from dying prematurely … avert(ed) over 1,700,000 incidences of asthma attacks and aggravation of chronic asthma," the EPA states. In the same two decades, it also prevented more than 4.1 million lost workdays due to pollution-related illnesses.
California is among the leaders in the US in implementing clean air regulations to limit pollution from carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses. Its ambitious Global Warming Solutions Act aims to reduce greenhouse gas pollution to 1990 levels by the year 2020—goals similar to the United Nations' Kyoto Protocol. And the state's Air Resources Board will introduce the nation's second pollution trading system, known as cap and trade, for greenhouse gasses on Jan. 1, 2012 (unless it can't work out a lawsuit by October, as previously reported by California Watch). Under that system, if a company does not meet its pollution limits, it can buy a carbon offset, a promise to reduce pollution elsewhere.
But the market isn't the only method the board is using to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gases. In fact, the board estimates only one-fifth of the reductions will come from cap and trade. The other four-fifths will come from increased energy efficiency standards, improved recycling and composting programs, the highest standard for fuel efficiency in cars, and the state's low-carbon fuel standard.
The cost of clean air programs may be high, but so is the cost of pollution. A 2008 study commissioned by CSU Fullerton's Institute for Economic and Environmental Studies notes that the cost of air pollution for the greater Los Angeles region adds up to more than $1,250 per person per year.
For the Central Valley, where one-third of the nation's produce originates, the cost is more than $1,600 per person per year. These costs include treatment for respiratory illnesses like asthma, which are disproportionately borne by children younger than 5, the elderly and minority populations. Other costs include lost workdays, missed school days and premature deaths.
But health effects are just some of the financial impacts of burning fossil fuels—gasoline and diesel fuel, in particular. Harmful air pollution can affect food and fiber crops. The US Global Change Research Program noted in a 2009 report on climate change that greenhouse gases can reduce crop yields for "soybeans, wheat, oats, green beans, peppers and some types of cotton."
And the cost of oil spills? Some early estimates put the price of cleaning up the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico at up to $20 billion. Every year, states spend more than $600 million to clean up leaking underground gasoline storage tanks.
In the last three decades, businesses, states and the EPA have cleaned up 401,874 leaking underground gasoline storage tanks, with an estimated 93,123 more sites awaiting cleanup, according to an EPA representative. In 2010, the agency set aside $66.2 million in a fund for states to use for cleanup activities. The agency spends about $2 million to $3 million each year for cleanup on tribal land.
Although $4 a gallon may seem expensive, there are many social and environmental costs that Americans don't pay for at the pump. While these costs are hidden, the cost to society is high.
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The Netherlands participates in european cloud federation.
The Netherlands is participating in the new initiative for a European Cloud Federation. This is reported by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate.
The importance of both sufficient storage and a safe and reliable exchange of data for social and economic applications is increasing, according to the Ministry. That is why the Netherlands is taking part in an initiative of the European Commission to jointly strengthen the European cloud infrastructure: the European Cloud Federation. The cooperation agreement was signed today by EU ministers, including State Secretary Mona Keijzer (Economic Affairs and Climate), at the informal Telecom Council.
State Secretary Mona Keijzer (EZK): "The use and storage of data is now a necessary basis and the importance for companies, researchers, government organisations and ultimately consumers is only increasing. For example, if we want to use data more efficiently within the industry, share between sectors and use it for care, in order to be able to make better diagnoses. However, there are also concerns about sufficient grip on strategic and sensitive data. That is why I support various Dutch initiatives, but also want to work together within Europe, because the opportunities and risks of the digital economy are cross-border."
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In the Netherlands, various initiatives are already working on addressing these opportunities and solving risks. For example, the so-called Online Trust Coalition is working in a public-private context to increase transparency and trust in the cloud market. Companies, research institutes and governments are also working in the Data Sharing Coalition on easy, secure and reliable data sharing between sectors. Also last year, partly by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Dutch AI Coalition was set up to work together on this particular theme.
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Other EU Member States are also working to improve the cloud infrastructure. For example, there is the private German-French initiative GAIA-X. GAIA-X develops standards to enrich the range of cloud services in Europe. The Ministry of Economic Affairs supports several Dutch companies that want to join and is committed to safeguarding the Dutch interests surrounding the initiative. The European Cloud Federation brings these and other initiatives together.
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Q: calling operator[] on an c++ array with parameter that could invalidate the address? I have an std::vector-like class (actually TArray from Unreal Engine) that has a function "AddDefaulted" which adds an element and returns the index as integer to the newly added element. It also has an operator as member-function that returns.. well.. the element at that index. Simplified something like that:
template<class T> struct TArray
{
    // omitted initialization and typical std::vector-like implementation stuff..
    T* data;
    T* GetData() { return data; }
    int AddDefaulted() { /* might change "data" if array grows */ }
    T& operator[](int i) { return GetData()[i]; }
}

Now I stumbled upon a call to the operator[] and AddDefault in one expression:
TArray<X> a = ...;
X& x = a[a.AddDefaulted()];

Well, it looks unsuspicious, but I wonder.. could that be illegal? My thinking is: Could the compiler inline operator[] and then first evaluate the data pointer and then evaluate AddDefaulted and so accessing the "old" data array?

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package com.cognizant.devops.platformregressiontest.test.ui.logosetting;

import java.time.Duration;

import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.PageFactory;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;

import com.cognizant.devops.platformregressiontest.test.common.LoginAndSelectModule;
import com.google.auto.common.Visibility;

/**
 * @author NivethethaS
 *
 *         Class contains the logic for logo setting roles test cases
 *
 */
public class LogoSettingConfiguration extends LogoSettingObjectRepository {

	WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(10));

	private static final Logger log = LogManager.getLogger(LogoSettingConfiguration.class);

	public LogoSettingConfiguration() {
		PageFactory.initElements(driver, this);
	}

	/**
	 * checks whether landing page is displayed or not
	 *
	 * @return true if landing page is displayed o/w false
	 */
	public boolean navigateToLogoSettingLandingPage() {
		log.info("Logo setting Landing page displayed : {}", landingPage.isDisplayed());
		return landingPage.isDisplayed();
	}

	public boolean addLargeFileSize() throws InterruptedException {
		chooseFileButton.sendKeys(LoginAndSelectModule.testData.get("largeFile"));
		Thread.sleep(2000);
		visibilityOf(uploadImage,2);
		clickOn(uploadImage,3);
		wait.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(crossClose));
		try {
			if (errorMessage.isDisplayed()) {
				log.info("Error message is displayed while trying to add image size greater than 1 MB");
				crossClose.click();
				return true;
			}
		} catch (Exception e) {
			log.info("Error message is not displayed");
			crossClose.click();
			return false;
		}
		return false;
	}

	public boolean addLogo() {
		chooseFileButton.sendKeys(LoginAndSelectModule.testData.get("insights_logo"));
		previewLogo.isDisplayed();
		uploadImage.click();
		wait.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(crossClose));
		try {
			if (successMessage.isDisplayed()) {
				log.info("successfully added logo");
				crossClose.click();
				return true;
			}
		} catch (Exception e) {
			log.info("Error while adding logo");
			crossClose.click();
			return false;
		}
		return false;
	}

	public boolean cancelUpload() {
		chooseFileButton.sendKeys(LoginAndSelectModule.testData.get("insights_logo"));
		previewLogo.isDisplayed();
		cancelUpload.click();
		try {
			if (previewLogo.isDisplayed()) {
				log.info("cancel upload functionality - fail");
				return false;
			}
		} catch (Exception e) {
			log.info("cancel upload functionality - success");
			return true;
		}
		return false;
	}

	public boolean incorrectFile() {
		chooseFileButton.sendKeys(LoginAndSelectModule.testData.get("incorrectFile"));
		uploadImage.click();
		wait.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(okButton));
		try {
			if (errorMessage.isDisplayed()) {
				log.info("Error message is displayed while trying to add image size greater than 1 MB");
				okButton.click();
				return true;
			}
		} catch (Exception e) {
			log.info("Error message is not displayed");
			okButton.click();
			return false;
		}
		return false;
	}
	/**
	 * wait until the visibility of web element
	 *
	 * @param element
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Cerbos Policies
There are three kinds of Cerbos policies:
Traditional RBAC roles are usually broad groupings with no context awareness. Derived roles are a way of augmenting those broad roles with contextual data to provide more fine-grained control at runtime. For example, a person with the broad manager role can be augmented to manager_of_scranton_branch by taking into account the geographic location (or another factor) and giving that derived role bearer extra privileges on resources that belong to the Scranton branch.
Defines rules for actions that can be performed on a given resource. A resource is an application-specific concept that applies to anything that requires access rules. For example, in an HR application, a resource can be as coarse-grained as a full employee record or as fine-grained as a single field in the record.
Defines overrides for a specific user.
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Coming Soon to Blu-ray: 'Drag Me To Hell,' 'Cadillac Man,' 'S.W.A.T.,' and More
Posted Tue Nov 7, 2017 at 06:00 AM PST by Steven Cohen
A new Collector's Edition of Sam Raimi's Drag Me To Hell is among the latest crop of upcoming Blu-ray discs.
New info has been revealed for several upcoming Blu-ray releases from Kino, Mill Creek Entertainment, Shout Factory, and Vinegar Syndrome.
First up, Kino is set to bring Jean Delannoy's Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case starring Jean Gabin, Michel Auclair, Valentine Tessier, Jacques Morel, Michel Vitold, and Gabrielle Fontan to Blu-ray on December 5. Supplements have not been announced, but the film will feature a new digital restoration.
Likewise, the label will also release Jean Delannoy's Maigret Sets a Trap starring Jean Gabin, Annie Girardot, Olivier Hussenot, Jeanne Boitel, Lucienne Bogaert, and Jean Debucourt on December 5 as well. Supplements have not been announced, but the film will feature a new digital restoration.
Meanwhile, Roger Donaldson's Cadillac Man starring Robin Williams, Tim Robbins, Pamela Reed, Fran Drescher, and Zack Norman is set to hit Blu-ray on January 2. Supplements will include:
- NEW Audio Commentary by director Roger Donaldson
In addition, Kino is also prepping Dan Curtis' Trilogy of Terror starring Karen Black, Robert Burton, John Karlen, George Gaynes, and Jim Storm for Blu-ray. Supplements and an exact release date have not been announced yet.
Finally, the label will bring Richard Wallace's The Young in Heart starring Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Paulette Goddard, Roland Young, and Billie Burke to Blu-ray in 2018. Supplements and an exact release date have not been announced yet.
Mill Creek Entertainment is prepping a 35th Anniversary Edition of Antonio Margheriti's Yor, The Hunter From The Future starring Reb Brown, Corinne Clery and Luciano Pigozzi for Blu-ray on January 16. Supplements will include:
- EXCLUSIVE NEW audio commentary with star Reb Brown
Likewise, the label will also release a Special Edition of Clark Johnson's S.W.A.T. starring Colin Farrell, Jeremy Renner, and Samuel L. Jackson on January 16 as well. Supplements will include:
- Two audio commentary tracks with cast and crew not previously available on any Blu-ray release!
As previously reported, Shout Factory is preparing Greydon Clark's Dance Macabre starring Robert Englund and Michelle Zeitlin for Blu-ray on January 23, and pre-orders are now live. Supplements have not been detailed yet.
In addition, the label is bringing James Glickenhaus' Shakedown starring Peter Weller, Sam Elliott, Richard Brooks, Jude Ciccolella, and Thomas G. Waites to Blu-ray on January 23 as well. No other details have been announced at this time.
Meanwhile, the company's Scream Factory imprint is set to release Curtis Harrington's Games starring Simone Signoret, James Caan, Katharine Ross, Don Stroud, Kent Smith, and Estelle Winwood on Blu-ray on February 13. No other details have been announced.
Scream Factory will also bring a new Collector's Edition of Sam Raimi's Drag Me To Hell starring Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver, and Dileep Rao to Blu-ray on February 13. The disc will feature a brand new transfer and supplements will include:
- BRAND NEW interviews with stars Alison Lohman and Lorna Raver
In addition, William Castle's The Night Walker starring Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor will hit Blu-ray on February 20. No other details have been revealed at this time.
Likewise, Tibor Takács' The Gate II: The Trespassers starring Louis Tripp, Simon Reynolds, James Villemaire, and Pamela Adlon will also arrive on Blu-ray on February 20. Supplements have not been detailed yet.
Joseph Sargent's Colossus: The Forbin Project starring Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, and William Schallert will then follow on February 27. Supplements have not been revealed at this time.
Meanwhile, Nico Mastorakis' Nightmare at Noon starring Wings Hauser, Bo Hopkins, and George Kennedy will arrive on March 20. No other details have been announced so far.
Finally, Scream Factory has also announced plans to bring Scott Glosserman's Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon: Collector's Edition to Blu-ray. Supplements and an exact release date have not been revealed.
Vinegar Syndrome is prepping Slava Tsukerman's Liquid Sky starring Anne Carlisle for Blu-ray on November 24. The disc will feature a brand new 4K restoration of the film from the 35mm original negative, and supplements will include:
- Brand new commentary track with: Slava Tsukerman (director)
- Director's Introduction
- "Liquid Sky Revisited" (2017) – 50 minute making-of documentary
- Q&A from a 2017 Alamo Dafthouse Yonkers screening with: Slava Tsukerman, Anne Carlisle and Clive Smith (music)
- Isolated soundtrack
- Never before seen outtakes
- Alternate opening sequence
- Behind the scenes rehearsal footage
In addition, the label will bring a Double Feature set with Andy Milligan's Seeds and Vapors to Blu-ray on December 12. The films have been newly scanned and restored in 4K from a mixture of 35mm & 16mm vault elements, and supplements will include:
- "VAPORS" – short film directed by Andy Milligan
- "SEEDS OF SIN" – alternate feature length sexploitation version
- Q&A from the Quad Cinema NYC screening in 2017 with John Borske, Gerald Jacuzzo and Patricia Dillon (actress / SEEDS)
- Original theatrical trailer
Likewise, Vinegar Syndrome will also release Bernard Hirschenson's Pick-Up on December 12 as well. The disc will feature a brand new 2K restoration of the film from the 35mm original camera negative, and supplements will include:
- Audio Commentary track with: Bernard Hirschenson (director)
- "Orgy at Lil's Place" (1963) – bonus feature film co-produced & photographed by Bernard Hirschenson
- Alternate Crown International opening & ending credits
- Promo gallery for ORGY AT LIL'S PLACE
- Reversible cover with PAZUZU artwork


Stephen W. Stein is a member of the Corporate Department in New York and graduated from Princeton University in 1959, Columbia University Law School in 1962, and received a Master of Laws degree from New York University Law School in International Law in 1963. Mr. Stein is a member of the Bar of New York. Mr. Stein has been engaged for 30 years in the practice of international project financing with special emphasis on overseas natural resources and energy projects. Mr. Stein has been involved in numerous international transactions in developing countries involving LNG projects, power plants, mining projects, petrochemical projects, gas pipelines, and oil and gas field development projects.
Mr. Stein has represented sovereign governments and governmental instrumentalities in Asian and African countries. He is a past president of the American Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and served as chairman of the Subcommittee on Construction Financing and BOT Projects of the Committee on International Construction Projects of the International Bar Association and as co-chairman of the African Law Committee of the Section of International Law and Practice of the American Bar Association. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the International and Comparative Law Center. Mr. Stein has lectured and published extensively in his field.


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The Far Side of the World
May 30, 2018 11:29 AM - by Patrick O'Brian - Subscribe
In the tenth book, the little old sixth-rate Surprise is given a final mission before the knacker's yard: to go from Gibraltar to the far side of the world, if need be, past the logistic reach of the disgusting British Empire, to protect her whalers from the American Norfolk, thirty-two. A journey where seas are vast, spars are sparse, Colnett's book and midshipman apply, Jonahs meet their finners, and specktioneers cry; where the beautiful curve of a stern window is admired and leaned out of. It occurs that the Surprise is mutilated, Jack's loins are imperiled, Stephen adds an addiction; Horns are got around, Palmer's Paradise sought while Old Sodbury's found, and HERMIONES DIE.
'Oh, as far as unsexing is concerned, who are we to throw stones? With us any girl that cannot find a husband is unsexed. If she is very high or very low she may go her own way, with the risks entailed therein, but otherwise she must either have no sex or be disgraced. She burns, and she is ridiculed for burning. To say nothing of male tyranny – a wife or a daughter being a mere chattel in most codes of law or custom – and brute force – to say nothing of that, hundreds of thousands of girls are in effect unsexed every generation: and barren women are as much despised as eunuchs. I do assure you, Martin, that if I were a woman I should march out with a flaming torch and a sword; I should emasculate right and left. As for the women of the pahi, I am astonished at their moderation.'
'You would have been still more astonished at the force of their blows.'
• Jo Walton's Tor.com re-read. She loves it and supposes a Padeeniverse. She strongly approves of the movie.
• Cape Horn has an interesting monument.
• For more links see the post for The Surgeon's Mate.
Letters from Home: Sophie doesn't figure much in this one; Jack's mind is at peace for most of this book. Stephen's is not at all. The poison pen scratches at him, and Diana writes him to say she KNOWS Stephen wouldn't be having a PUBLIC affair with any red-headed Italian ladies, RIGHT? Stephen is kind of slowly losing his shit here w/r/t Diana. When he sinks into a deep cold fury at Jack for not letting him walk across the island with Martin, he thinks about the times Jack has wasted time, when he's been known to linger in port for a wench before -- that wench being Diana, which Stephen doesn't seem to consciously acknowledge. There are some minor barbs, too, the word 'liar' being tossed around a little too casually, little flashes of the vile Polychrest!
Pullings comes aboard as a volunteer, takes back the recaptured packet Danaë, hopes that'll show some zeal. Mowett says a poem or too and is generally extremely competent, especially off screen. Bonden goes about doing his many jobs, helps salt his cousin's lobscouse. Mention is made of having been taught to read by Stephen. Joe Plaice overcommits to producing a "rich man's lobscouse", viscous salty gobbets covered an inch deep in slush. Falls down a ladder, fracturing his skull on a ring-bolt, and gets trepanned, which destroys Higgins' clout with the crew.
Killick has an acid, housewifey face and a shrill, indignant, shrewish voice, a cross between that of a much-tried long-soured nursemaid and of an uncommonly rough tarpaulin-hatted tobacco-chewing foremast-hand. Terrifies the new cook so much that he deserts. Ignores Jack's summons:
... for Killick was nattering with a friend on the other side of the bulkhead, and being an obstinate, stupid man he neither would nor could attend to two things at once – he had started an anecdote about an Irish member of the afterguard called Teague Reilly and the anecdote he was going to finish.
' "Well, Killick," he say to me in that old-fashioned way they have of speaking in the Cove of Cork, scarcely like Christians at all, poor souls, "you being only a bleeding Proddy, you won't understand what I mean, but as soon as we touch at the Grand Canary I am going straight up to the Franciscans and I am going to make a good confession." "Why so, mate?" says I. "Because why?" says he …'
'Killick,' cried Jack in a voice that made the bulkhead vibrate.
Killick waved his hand impatiently towards the cabin and went on, ' "Because why?" says he, "Because the barky's shipped a Jonah for one, and a parson for two, and for three the bosun's girl put a cat in his cabin; which crowns all." '
The third summons Killick obeyed, bursting into the cabin with the air of one who had just run from the forecastle.
Martin loves the birding atop Gibraltar, is about the only parson Jack can stand ("He may be holier than thou, but he never thrusts it down thy throat; and I have never seen him drunk."), comes aboard to tutor the squeakers, revealed to have apprenticed among London booksellers, is bit by an owl-faced night-ape in Penedo, has the hots for a gal, writes a horrible proposal letter whose prose is figuratively literally stilted and forces Stephen to read it, gets a shark tooth in the butt and an arrow in the calf, swears off women.
Mr. Allen comes aboard as master, sailed with Colnett with whom most officers that attend to their profession are tolerably well acqainted, shows a "repulsive reserve" at first that is never quite explained. Instantly wins forgiveness from Jack for being good at his job and stays that way. Refers to Cadmus (he's guilty about being a whaler perhaps?) but Jack thinks he's talking about something sexual and refers him to Buchan's Domestic Medicine. Allen delivers a pleasant account of whalers' work, is a big name in Penedo. Runs the Acapulco into Valparaiso, kind of fades in last part of the book as Hogg takes over as the expert.
Hollom, whom Jack pegs as a Jonah instantly, but comes to life when given any food at all. Seduces Mrs. Horner, the gunner's nineteen year old wife, whose shape Jack does not find to be in accordance with the customs of the service. Mr. Horner murders them, hangs himself, is let die by Stephen, is dumped unceremoniously over the side by Gibraltar lunatics.
- Wm Honey, master's mate and acting third lieutenant, rejoins the ship after the conclusion of the previous book, has a fateful Spanish guitar, jumps off the boat to hug Jack.
- Calamy, midshipman, can't quite stand up to Maturin.
- Williamson, midshipman, follows Jack till his feet are blistered and bloody,
- Warley vanishes instantly into horrible sea when westing around the Horn.
- Blakeney swallows a gob-stopper.
- Howard of the Marines fuckin' murders every animal he sees, including the baby of a "sea-elephant" that haunts the ship. Presents Stephen a hat full of strangled birds with a smirk.
- Higgins the tooth-puller, quack, and abortionist; given a Jonah's lift.
- "Shove off, Macbeth".
- Hogg the specktioneer, hilariously democratic, knows secret islands and can read their geography by the color of the reflections they make in the clouds above them.
- Davis breaks an ore rowing, is going to be in a prize fight for Stephen's benefit; we discover Jack has always loved boxing.
- Manu the rescuer and casual sharkslayer, undraped Athene-like; is on the cover of the first edition.
Notable animals:
- The censorious farting sloth/doormat in Penedo.
- The owl-faced night-ape whom Martin tries to cuddle.
- Scourge, the bosun's (Hollar's) cat, "a lean young cat of indifferent character, somewhat whorish", soon abandons all its pretty caressing ways and gives insolent stares; nearly murder's Stephen, dances with St. Elmo's fire, joins the inspection.
- Aspasia, the gunroom goat, immortal, eats Stephen's butts and seeks his protection from Galápogosian finches.
- Stephen's pahi pig in a basket.
- The flightless rail atop Old Sodsbury's island, much sought for, waddles into a bush at Jack's wheezing approach. Stephen "saw the flightless rail walk out on to a bare patch of ground, stretch one useless though decorative wing, scratch itself, yawn, and eventually pass on, allowing him to breathe again."
He turned it over in his mind – the ways of dealing with a palm-trunk, and how to give it some kind of stability with an outrigger in the South Seas fashion. Almost wholly useless reflection, but even so better than the piercing, sterile, pointless regrets that had tormented him for the last few hours, regrets about leaving Sophie surrounded with law-suits, regrets for not having managed things more cleverly, bitter regret at having to leave life behind and all those he loved.
The earth turned and the ocean with it; the water in which they swam turned towards the sun.
posted by fleacircus (15 comments total) 2 users marked this as a favorite
I was surprised by just how different the book is from the movie. And as a book, it's pretty weird - more of a series of loosely connected events than the previous ones.
The Macbeth/Macduff thing destroyed me. It's just so sublimely silly.
posted by showbiz_liz at 12:19 PM on May 30, 2018
yeah, the movie picks bits and pieces from a number of books and is just like THIS ALL HAPPENED AT ONCE and that's fine but then seeing all the bits and pieces in their native environment later on is v odd.
posted by poffin boffin at 2:06 PM on May 30, 2018
I'm glad they left the whole Hollom-Horner-Rose thing out of the film, though. Bleh.
It is weird, though I think a journey around the world would be weird and episodic. The movie has a Jonah segment too that plays out and is done and over. Still, I am not sure if there's been anything since James Dillon and the Diana drama in the first two books, as a narrative shadow that falls over the entire book. Maybe the whole mission-focus of the Mauritius Command.
As another thing.. I think originally when Maturin started smoking tobacco, he claimed it would help him kick opium, and I think it worked for awhile, but by this book he's just doing both at full blast. Then when he discovers the coca leaf he's sure it will help him combat his laudanum addiction again, but almost immediately he's taking coca leaf in the day and laudanum at night and tobacco whenever he wants
posted by fleacircus at 2:13 PM on May 30, 2018
i'm 2 books ahead so canon is all ahoo now but when is the incident where he is invited to play cricket with the surprises and another ship's team and does something that is either extremely great or extremely terrible and i can't tell which bc i don't understand cricket.
That was at the beginning of Fortune of War, after Desolation Island, when they are waiting around Java for the Fleche because the Leopard is kaput.
I think it's extremely terrible and absurd, he's playing the completely wrong sport. I guess hurling is what Stephen thinks they're playing. Cricket's enough like baseball (...) that it's like if he did that stuff in a baseball game.
I posted the movie.
I am this far into the book, and the comic timing of there also being a Macduff in the crew to answer Jack is just lovely.
The cricket thing: yes, Stephen very excitedly brought a hurling stick to a cricket match. It's narrated from Stephen's perspective so he thinks it's extremely great; for the Surprises, extremely terrible.
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 11:14 PM on May 30, 2018
BTW, if anyone is curious about owl-faced night apes, it is well worth doing an image search for douroucouli. The page full of eyes is quite disconcerting.
posted by Bloxworth Snout at 6:08 AM on May 31, 2018 [1 favorite]
well worth doing an image search for douroucouli.
I can see how a person might be tempted to try to pet one.
posted by small_ruminant at 10:03 AM on May 31, 2018
Warley vanishes instantly into horrible sea when westing around the Horn.
I am up to here and found that moment shocking in its abruptness.
There's a lot of domesticity about O'Brian's descriptions of life aboard ship. But every now and then he likes to remind us it's a harsh and dangerous occupation: that you might die, or be horribly injured, at any moment simply by being unlucky. This is one of those: everything's going reasonably well and then suddenly everything's going terribly bad and people die.
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 11:27 AM on June 1, 2018 [1 favorite]
There's a good video from the 60s of 15-year-old Royal Navy trainees (and one children's TV presenter) climbing the rigging on land. The idea of doing it in heavy weather is just horrifying.
posted by Bloxworth Snout at 12:12 PM on June 1, 2018 [2 favorites]
the video doesn't wholly represent past practices though, as sailors in the time of the series and prior to the series would be doing that climbing barefoot, which is much less slippy than doing it with smooth leather-soled shoes on. so very very marginally less terrifying but still with extreme terror.
posted by poffin boffin at 12:36 PM on June 1, 2018
I knew before clicking that link that it was going to be John Noakes. That one's a little before my time, but I vividly remember watching this even-more-terrifying climb.
It is an odd book, isn't it? The chase of the Norfolk is so drawn out, and with so many setbacks to the Surprise; and in the end it's force of nature, not the Surprise that dishes the Norfolk. And then the Surprises and the Norfolks squabbling over territory on the beach: a microcosm of the war.
The sea rescue by a boat of castrating Polynesian women felt more than a little bit silly; and veered uncomfortably close to noble-savages racism, I thought.
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 1:30 PM on June 4, 2018 [1 favorite]
Highly silly, though I like Jack's RN-tinted vision where anyone who is exercising physical authority is some kind of bosun. (And all the other times when things are seen in naval lights such as when he has to climb the palm tree and has to note it doesn't have any stays, as if a decent tree would.)
posted by fleacircus at 2:38 PM on June 5, 2018
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L'Oréal Launches 2030 Sustainability Goals
by Shannon Gaitz July 16, 2020
L'Oréal continues to put the planet first and its new set of goals for 2030 have sustainability front of mind. Titled under its 'L'Oréal for the future' program, the brand has announced how it will continue to evolve in the interest of the environment and greater inclusion.
Some major goals announced include the promise that by 2025 all of L'Oréal's sites will have achieved carbon neutrality by improving energy efficiency and using 100 per cent renewable energy. By 2030 L'Oréal also hope to have 100 per cent recycled or bio-based product packaging, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50 per cent from 2016, across the board.
It is also allocating €150 million to address urgent social and environmental issues. This will include funds directed to aiding natural marine and forest ecosystems restoration projects, financing projects linked to the circular economy and supporting organisations and local charities in efforts to fight for women in poverty, help women achieve social and professional integration, provide emergency assistance to refugee and disabled women, prevent violence against women and support female victims.
"L'Oréal's sustainable revolution is entering a new era," explained Jean-Paul Agon, Chairman and CEO of L'Oréal. "The challenges the planet is facing are unprecedented, and it is essential to accelerate our efforts to preserve a safe operating space for humanity. We do so in our own business operations and in our contribution to the society at large. We know that the biggest challenges remain to come and L'Oréal will stay faithful to its ambition: operate within the limits of the planet."
L'Oréal is committed to sustainability across its many brands and categories, and has developed a Product Environmental & Social Impact Labelling mechanism that scales and grades products. This is endorsed by independent scientific experts and verified by an independent auditor.
Other practices will see L'Oréal ensure all its operating processes respect 'planetary boundaries', without compromising the Earth's capacity as a habitat for human development. The group's targets for 2030 facilitate this by fighting climate change, as well as focusing on the preservation of biodiversity, sustainable water management and circular use of resources. Their environmental ethos will extend to the activity of the brand's suppliers and 1.5 billion consumers as well.
"Over the past decade, we have profoundly transformed our company, putting sustainability at the very core of our business model," said Alexandra Palt, L'Oréal Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer. "With our new commitments, we are entering a new phase of acceleration of that transformation: going beyond our direct environmental impact, helping consumers to make more sustainable choices, as well as generating positive social and environmental contribution. As an industry leader, we consider that it is our role to contribute to building an inclusive and sustainable society."
Sustainability and the brand's greater environmental impact has always been pivotal to L'Oréal, which has so far reduced the CO2 emissions of its plants and distribution centers by 78 per cent since 2005 and implemented 35 carbon neutral sites, with 100 per cent renewable energy, including 14 factories. Its Sharing Beauty With All platform, developed in 2013, put social and environmental goals for 2020 in focus, integrating environmentalism and philanthropic programs into every facet of the brand. As an example, 85 per cent of L'Oréal products created or renovated in 2019 had an improved environmental and social profile, and by the end of 2019, L'Oréal had helped 90,635 people from disadvantaged communities find employment through the solidarity purchasing and inclusion programs. Issues and focuses such as climate protection, water management, forest preservation remain core to the brand.
"As a father, I look at my children and feel an urgent need to help shape a better future for them. Leading scientists tell us that we have one decade to act on climate change. We all have a responsibility to be part of that action and ensure a safe, promising future for the generations that will come after us," said Rodrigo Pizarro, CEO of L'Oréal Australia.
"In the end, we need to do more than just change our business operations – every company also needs to contribute financially. L'Oréal's impact investing strategy will enable us to contribute to solving the world's environmental and social challenges. Social sustainability is every bit as important as environmental sustainability, and we are committed to financially supporting the empowerment of communities currently facing a range of challenges around the world."
Moving through and out of 2020, L'Oréal will continue to put the planet first in every respect, with new programs, goals and financial directives making an environmental, social and philanthropic difference to the planet at large.
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